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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.






2. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.






3. Unmusical - without tone.






4. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people






5. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.






6. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.






7. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.






8. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.






9. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.






10. Lowest female singing voice.






11. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.






12. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.






13. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.






14. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.






15. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.






16. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.






17. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.






18. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.






19. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.






20. A book of text containing the words of an opera.






21. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.






22. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.






23. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.






24. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.






25. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.






26. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.






27. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.






28. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.






29. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.






30. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.






31. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.






32. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.






33. A repeated phrase.






34. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.






35. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.






36. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.






37. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.






38. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.






39. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.






40. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.






41. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.






42. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.






43. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.






44. Primary theme or subject that is developed.






45. To shift to another key.






46. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.






47. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.






48. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.






49. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.






50. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.







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